Simulation Center Engineering Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•Fayetteville, NC

5d•$99,000 - $225,000•Remote

About The Position

Mission‑focused simulation environments are becoming increasingly complex and deeply integrated across enterprise networks, training systems, and operational rehearsal platforms. Maintaining these environments demands a leader who combines hands‑on technical expertise with strategic engineering oversight — someone who understands how systems interact, anticipates future challenges, and ensures seamless execution across all facets of simulation operations. As the Simulation Center Engineering Lead, you will oversee the operations, sustainment, and modernization of a full‑scale simulation center supporting SOF missions. You will integrate technical leadership with operational awareness to ensure the reliability, performance, security, and readiness of all simulation systems and supporting infrastructure. You will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team spanning software development, systems engineering, network operations, information assurance, modeling & simulation, and enterprise IT. Your role will focus on coordinating daily technical activities, managing workloads, enforcing engineering discipline, and driving continual improvement across the simulation environment. You’ll develop engineering roadmaps, champion modernization initiatives, and maintain mission‑critical systems that enable training, readiness, and operational advantage. Your leadership will empower your team to deliver resilient simulation capabilities, solve complex interoperability challenges, and support high‑consequence training for the Joint Force. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in IT
Experience executing large‑scale efforts in DMO synthetic training environments
Experience with Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) Modeling & Simulation
Experience overseeing operations, maintenance, and modernization of mission‑critical IT or simulation systems
Experience in enterprise IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, virtualization, cloud, system architecture, configuration management, and security enforcement
Experience managing complex technical projects from initiation through completion
Ability to lead and mentor engineering teams, setting priorities and driving accountability
Ability to enforce system configuration, change management, and security policies
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

Experience working in the Special Operations Community
Experience understanding HLS or DIS integration across simulation environments
Experience in performing capacity planning, performance monitoring, and proactive scaling

Responsibilities

Oversee the operations, sustainment, and modernization of a full‑scale simulation center supporting SOF missions.
Integrate technical leadership with operational awareness to ensure the reliability, performance, security, and readiness of all simulation systems and supporting infrastructure.
Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team spanning software development, systems engineering, network operations, information assurance, modeling & simulation, and enterprise IT.
Coordinate daily technical activities, manage workloads, enforce engineering discipline, and drive continual improvement across the simulation environment.
Develop engineering roadmaps and champion modernization initiatives.
Maintain mission‑critical systems that enable training, readiness, and operational advantage.
Empower your team to deliver resilient simulation capabilities, solve complex interoperability challenges, and support high‑consequence training for the Joint Force.